diff --git a/src/file_analysis/analyzer/x509/X509.cc b/src/file_analysis/analyzer/x509/X509.cc
index 9b4a90dcf9..3bdfb034ac 100644
--- a/src/file_analysis/analyzer/x509/X509.cc
+++ b/src/file_analysis/analyzer/x509/X509.cc
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ RecordVal* file_analysis::X509::ParseCertificate(X509Val* cert_val)
 	RecordVal* pX509Cert = new RecordVal(BifType::Record::X509::Certificate);
 	BIO *bio = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem());
 
-	pX509Cert->Assign(0, new Val((uint64) X509_get_version(ssl_cert), TYPE_COUNT));
+	pX509Cert->Assign(0, new Val((uint64) X509_get_version(ssl_cert) + 1, TYPE_COUNT));
 	i2a_ASN1_INTEGER(bio, X509_get_serialNumber(ssl_cert));
 	int len = BIO_read(bio, &(*buf), sizeof(buf));
 	pX509Cert->Assign(1, new StringVal(len, buf));